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Despatch Team Leaders

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We are looking for a Despatch Team Leaders for our day and night shifts to join the team in our state of the art Mash Factory. You will be responsible for the day-to-day Despatch operations of the factory and looking after a small team.

Day Shift - Continental Shift Pattern, 6am - 6pm £15.06 per hour

Night Shift - 4 on 4 off, 6pm to 6am £16.95 per hour

Benefits of the role;

* Pension salary sacrifice scheme

* Critical illness cover

* Life assurance policies

* Employee benefit platform, offering a range of discounts to major retailers.

* Free onsite parking

* (email address removed) medical scheme

* Free potatoes

* Access to a free eLearning platform

* Family fun events

* Company sick pay scheme

The working environment within Despatch is fast paced and susceptible to change, meaning you will need to adapt, and react accordingly to a varied workload. Examples of duties to include;

* Leadership - providing consistent leadership across the shift, whilst always demonstrating and role modelling our Branston values.

* Planning - Plan the customers orders daily, working with our own Transport department team to maximise efficiency and cost effectiveness.

* Employee relations & engagement - Working with HR to ensure any employee relations matters are handled consistently and in line with policy. Motivating and engaging the team to work to their best, including periodic one-2-one reviews.

* Health & Safety - Acting as a role model for H&S, ensuring processes are strictly adhered to by all members of the team, and taking appropriate action when others do not work in a safe manner.

* Compliance - Ensure all members of the team are following standard operating procedures and that the working area complies with GMP audit standards.

* Continuous Improvement – Identifying areas which can be improved with either breakthrough improvement or an incremental approach.

* Working against set K.P.I’s

Do you offer?

* Experience in a management role desirable

* Worked in Despatch/Warehouse environment before

* Excellent communication skills

* Flexibility

* The ability to motivate & innovate

* Reach truck licence

At Branston we pride ourselves on our How We Do Business Values and aim to exemplify this in everything we do. Our purpose is to make a positive difference to people’s lives and the wider environment, focusing on work life balance and employee wellbeing. We are dedicated to helping employees grow their careers, with training opportunities that allow you to build on existing skills and develop new ones. We like to celebrate success, and have recognition & reward schemes in place, to say thank you to our people, who without, our operations wouldn’t be possible. We understand the importance of corporate responsibility and our impact on the wider environment and continuously look to improve our sustainability procedures and aim to be Carbon Neutral by 2030